#// i love the drama of katie fucking with her co-workers

[katiethxrne]

act i : god’s favor or katie avoids arrest by an incompetent co-worker

The muggy night made the cigarette less helpful than she would have liked, the smoke twirling around her tongue over-heavy and static on her lips. The nervous air of the other bar patrons barely so much as niggled an eyebrow from the brunette at the window seat, a mug of strong ale before her, condensation staining the already tarnished tabletop. Even with the windows open and a cooling charm the bar remained musty.

Why Hawkins had picked this place was beyond her, the younger woman was a bartender and there were better places to pick, let alone a bar in the Wizarding World when the Muggle one was only a few steps away. Katie took another drag, letting the smoke curl into the night sky from her own brazenly wide window.

Hawkins was late.

Unusual, but not outright worrisome. 

Katie sipped at her ale, motioning to the barkeep to get her another, he sent a serving girl over, pretty with bright eyes. Too young.

“When did you get so old Thorne?” her mind whispered a little deviously, somewhere around the third eviscerated body she supposed but she flashed a crooked grin all the same as the serving girl topped her up. 

Sipping on her second round Katie hazarded a look to her watch, a beat up scuffed thing that once belonged to her Dad-- yup, Hawkins was an hour late and Katie wasn’t going to be sitting around any longer. Wolfsbane was a lucrative potion to sell and there wasn’t a short shelf life nor was it particularly hard to find customers for. Standing up from her seat she tossed a few sickles and knuts on the table and exited the bar. As she stepped around the corner she noted something odd, a little shadow stuck to her shadow. Blink and you would miss it, but Katie hardly missed a trick when in fact she was a queen of tricks. The Gryffindor took a sharp right down an alley, watching from the corner of her eye as the shadow peeled off as the potioneer shrouded herself in darkness, it took a quick charm and Katie was seemingly sucked into the shadows. The patter of feet at the mouth of the alley revealed a shockingly tall blonde, Katie almost snickered at the annoyed frown on the man’s face. Auror Lebond, though very good with stealth was not good at tracking, and it was showing as he peered down the alley, muttering to himself. Katie shifted closer, feet muffled by the weave of charms around her. 

“Where did he go...” Katie grinned, as he paced, hardly a foot away, “I knew this tip was ridiculous, that damn seller never shows with the same face.” Polyjuice was easy, having been brewing it since her fourth year, and in large supply in her closet. Her current face was a bullish man, broken nose and close-cropped solider’s hair and frankly was dressed as the chavs from her hometown. Katie quietly slipped further down the alley and without much preamble took the remedy for Polyjuice. Her clothes were now massive on her, and her dark curls were a side-swept mess, it took a few transfiguration fixes and some charms and back around the corner went Katie-- nose in her phone, cigarette in hand and looking up at the figure still pacing the entry to the alley fiddling with his wand.

“Damien?” Katie tilted her head up, grinning at the tall man who froze as he turned around.

“Thorne,” he ground out with a false grin, “what are you doing here?”

“I’ve a friend who lives nearby, just headed to the local apparition point,” this wizarding neighborhood was nestled in the heart of Derbyshire, and a apparition point was needed as the muggle’s surrounded them, “my friend’s place has anti-apparition charms, their family fought in the War and it turns out paranoia is generational.” 

“Didn’t know you had friends out here Thorne,” he looked down at her, eyes narrowed, obviously annoyed to find her out here. 

“Oh call me Katie, we’ve met.” the flick of her brow was simply to remind him that she solved that alchemy ring before he did, and the stealing of glory had rubbed him wrong ever since. “What are you doing out here? Not working are you?”

“Yes,” he ground out, “it’s a secret mission, and you’re interrupting.”

The woman raised her hands in apology, “Sorry Leland--”

“Lebond.”

“Right.” Katie rolled her eyes, “Well if you’re looking for someone, maybe trying to track them in Auror robes, badges, and your overly shiny boots isn’t as discrete as you may like.”

“If you knew the rules about Aurors you would know that wearing our badges and robes are part of procedure!” the blonde snapped, bearing down on her, as if his intimidation attempt would work. “But as usual, you pretend like you’re a real field agent who got in on their actual skill and not a lucky vouch.” That was the usual bard Aurors had been throwing at her, hopping it would stick like shit to a wall, and Katie had to admit it hurt. Like the prick of a needle, but just as inconsequential. “So why you don’t you get away from my crimes and go back to the labs.”

“Alright, I’ll skedaddle then, have fun hunting your potioneer.”

His hand was heavy, sweaty and tight on her shoulder-- it reminded her far too much of her Uncle so Katie was quick to roll out from underneath it. “How to fuck do you know I’m looking for a potioneer?”

“You’re looking for a potions dealer, and I deal in potions, it’s quite literally my job title -- Master Potioneer for the Department of Law Enforcement, Forensics & Crime division of the Auror Department. Of course I know what you’re looking for. Armstrong is in charge of the case, and you’re in her squadron, it’s a very simple deduction. Besides, I do deal in potion making outside of the Aurors, I’ve heard from the supply grapevine about someone buying large stock without Ministry permits,” Katie sniffed, “and often in disguise, whoever you’re hunting has probably already shed their disguise.”

“Whose to say you’re not the potioneer.”

“You can literally track my purchases Lesalle--”

“Lebond.”

“-- with the apothecaries, I’m a pretty well known among them. I do some potion making, licensed, for the apothecary in Hogsmeade. Besides I literally am an Auror why in the world would I be doing anything illegal like selling Felix Felicis on the black market?”

“It’s Wolfsbane.”

“Even worse, that’s just as controlled. Can I brew it? Of course, I wouldn’t be worth my salt as a Master Potioneer if I couldn’t. Don’t be daft.”

The man stared her down, the veins on his neck popping as he mouth twitched, “Fine. But I’m watching you.”

“Keep your eyes neck level and up then Letoya--”

“Lebond.”

“Whatever. Are you done interrogating me, cause you have more that definitely lost your guy sitting around acting as if I’m a suspect in your little case. Better be careful, maybe I’ll solve it before you,” she patted him consoling on the shoulder, “don’t worry, I’ll mention this in my report.”

“You can’t do a report you’re not a field agent and you most certaintly cannot do any field agent work. You’re a Master Potioneer and didn’t do the training I did.”

“Astute. Anyway I must be getting home, I have to be at the labs early tomorrow. Johnson busted up a chimera alchemy ring yesterday and I have some bodies to help dissect, they were messing with some blood potioneering.” the man looked faintly queasy before stepping out of her pathway. The both exchanged a tiresome look, they both knew the horrors of this field of work, and they’d both seen the scourge of the Earth. 

“I don’t begrudge you that job at all.”

“Believe me, you shouldn’t.” with a spin on her heel she sauntered down the street as Lebond once again attempted several tracking spells, but without any real DNA to track she knew it would be hopeless. Armstrong no doubt wanted him out of whatever mission she was fielding tonight, he wasn’t the brightest snitch in the game and had all the finesse of a Chinese fireball at a kids party. Katie spun on her heels again, popping into her living room, feet landing dangerously close to an open wine bottle. Putting away the Wolfsbane that was meant to be sold to Hawkins tonight Katie quickly burned the hair she had left of the solider chav, Chickadee enjoying setting the short black stands on fire, no use for that disguise anymore. 

Tomorrow she’ll see if she can contact a few other buyers, the Full Moon was close and Katie as always needed a little extra cash on the side. 

#the acts #act i : god's favor #// katie is a demon why r u a cop u idiot #// i love the drama of katie fucking with her co-workers #// one day ur luck is gonna run out katie-kins & i cannot wait to write it

[queencanaries]

Stephen threw shade at Arrow season 4. lmao He ranked the seasons of the show with season 1 being the best, season 3 the last, and no season 4. I wonder what will those certain stans make of that? He also said he's closest to the poeple he's been with the longest: KATIE, Emily, David, Paul, and Willa. I'm gonna wait for the breakdown. lmao

I love his ranking for a few reasons (here comes more lists from jack)—

Season 4 was the season of Olicity (dating, engaged, drama, break-up, fake ass wedding that you could call tina). I love that a season filled with so much of this awful ass ship is his least favourite. 

Season 4 was the season that Laurel died, and he talked about how rough it was at cons and shit and I feel like he did NOT like that particular creative choice at all. 

Season 1 was Lauriver as fuck. 

Season 5 had like one episode of Olicity, and contained Oliver in a relationship with another woman (Susan, who I loved). And the show got back to its roots with Prometheus, so Stephen knows what’s up in the department of making Arrow good. 

Season 2 was also Lauriver as fuck and you can all fight me on it if you disagree (she was still pursued as the love interest, albeit in an underlying way). 

I might have forgotten a few things, but his rankings are awesome. It made me happy to see that the parts of Arrow that I thought were best are reflected in the lead actor’s opinions, too (in terms of when Arrow was its greatest and that was clearly in the first two seasons). I’m happy Season 4 is hated by him, enough to not even mention it, haha. And I love that the heaviest Olicity-related seasons are at the end of his list. That’s perfect. 

Also, I love Katie/Stephen’s friendship/co-worker vibes. Anytime a cast member says something nice about Katie or acknowledges her I instantly like them better (not that I have any grudges against any of the cast but I feel like they push OTA so much and neglect Laurel/Katie or Thea/Willa, even).  Anyway, I’m working on barely any sleep so I apologise if none of this made sense... 

#reply #arrow talk #Anonymous

[carolrance]

I saw this thing. I’m answering this thing... even though nobody asked.

So, I saw someone answering this and thought it was sorta cool but I don’t think people will respond anymore so I’m just doing it myself. Self love, ya know.

Talk about the first ship you ever had. Uhhh… I can’t remember which came first Mulder & Scully or Usagi/Mamoru. (The latter being really icky to me now that I’m older, lol.) I think it was Mulder/Scully… I was in primary school for both of these so it’s confusing cos that was a really long time ago.

Talk about three of the most important ships throughout your life. Mulder/Scully (The X Files). I honestly don’t really feel like “talking” about them cos I don’t think it’s very interesting. Also, I have no idea where to begin. Naomi/Emily (Skins) – I fucking can’t stand them now, to be completely honest. I actually sorta hate Emily. By they (and Skins in general) did have a rather huge impact on my life. Now, I feel like I should put Dany/Doreah but really I think more importantly in terms of my life, it would be Marissa/Alex from The O.C. Does that sound stupid? Maybe. But that pairing (as shitty as they treated Alex and the whole relationship by the end) had a fairly huge influence on me. I think it was my first femslash ship that I was totally open about. (I totally shipped Jo/Rachel (and Jo/Rachel/Paul) from S Club 7 (DON’T EVEN!) but back then I didn’t even think it was serious…even though I had a whole website about it, lmao.)

What’s your current OTP? Oh my… Dany/Doreah forever & Marg/Sansa (ASOIAF/GoT). Michelle/Naomi (Skins). Carol/Helen (Episodes). Amanda Rollins/Olivia Benson (SVU). (With a bit of Rollins/Lindsay on the side. SVU/Chicago PD). Niska/Astrid (Humans). … So… Like… A lot? A lot of old OTPs are still OTPs now? Bo/Lauren (Lost Girl). Meg/Veronica (Veronica Mars). Katniss/Johanna (THG). Lou/Tess (Lip Service). Quinn/Rachel (Unreal). Jessica Jones/Trish Walker (Jessica Jones). Virginia Johnson/Lillian DePaul (Masters of Sex)………I think even my few het ships I’m still not totally over (Chase/Cameron, Mulder/Scully, Martin/Sam, etc) but I mean, I don’t really care either.

What’s your current NOTP? Any of the above characters paired with men. Simple. I have a lot of nOTPs tbh. Most canon ships are NOTPs lmao. Although… I guess Patsy/Delia is a current NOTP of mine. Don’t shoot! I just don’t care for them. They are boring to me.

Do you have any poly ships? I was sorta into Marissa/Alex/Ryan (The O.C.). I started a fic about them. And the aforementioned Jo/Paul/Rachel.

How do you feel about love triangles? Lazy. The thing is, they’re a real thing. I’ve been a bunch and they’re just uncomfortable. No matter what, somebody gets hurt. I just feel like in TV/films they’re SO LAZY. An easy way to create drama for drama’s sake. And one faction of fandom is always upset. And usually they’re really shoddily designed so it’s like one girl, 2 boring ass boys fighting for her WHO WILL SHE CHOOSE?! BLAH……. Boring. “The triangle’s not a friendly shape, okay? It’s pointy. It’s got edges. Triangles hurt people, man.”

How do you feel about RPF? Nope. I’m a bit of a hypocrite cos I spent a great deal of time in my childhood sorta straddling the very thin line here with the whole S Club 7 thing. And, I’ll admit, I did enjoy this April Pearson/Lily Loveless fic once.

Have you ever shipped yourself with a character? No. Usually my favs feel a little too relatable which is why I’m attached to them, not cos I wanna bone them. Also, way too much drama. I mean, fictional characters are almost always exaggerated people.

Do you have many ships that never got together at all? All? LMAO. Okay, let’s see… Sam/Martin did, briefly (Fuck Without A Trace tbh. What a horrid little show.) Chase/Cameron were together and that ended badly as well. Carol/Helen, also ended horribly (so far). Mulder/Scully… that’s difficult. They’re difficult. Marissa/Alex, ended horribly. Naomi/Emily, technically… hmmm. Well, as of S4 they were back together but I didn’t buy it and I pretty much loathed Emily by that point so fuck em. That ended badly too. It ended horribly if you count S7–which I don’t cos I never watched it. If I didn’t see it, it didn’t happen. Bo/Lauren. Okay, this may be the only bright light in all my ships, lmao. They were together and then not, then together, then not, then END GAME. So, I guess the ones that never got together??? Basically just look above at my OTPs and see all the ones I didn’t mention here ending horribly lol.

Do you ship any characters that have never met? ONLY THE BEST ONE: MICHELLE/NAOMI.

Talk about your favorite first kiss. Like in canon onscreen? Or in my head? Big diff. Chase & Cameron maybe. I loved that episode. Mulder & Scully’s first (onscreen) kiss was a bit weird. I don’t remember Sam/Martin tbh. Hmm… Marissa/Alex was hella stilted and awkward prolly cos it was on FOX and like Mischa Barton is a terrible actress. Bo/Lauren’s first kiss was pretty good. Yeah, I really liked that one. Mostly cos it didn’t fade to black immediately (ahem, Carol/Helen) and it wasn’t set to ‘I Kissed A Girl’ (Naomi/Emily)… Okay, in fairness that was only the American version. The one I saw had Lily Allen playing instead… But still. I loved that episode but it wasn’t the best first kiss I’ve ever seen.

Have you ever been disappointed when your ship finally got together? Yes, when they get together only to end even shittier. Which is basically all of them except Bo/Lauren.

Has a ship ever broken your heart? All of them. Canon and otherwise. My heart breaks on a regular basis.

How do you feel about will they/won’t they? Ugh. Useless. Generally, it’s queerbaiting when it’s my femslash OTPs. When it’s het, I’m just like, “As if these two lonely, outrageously attractive co-workers wouldn’t have banged already. Like, give me a break and just do it already. Who believes this shit?”

Have you ever “shipped at first sight”? Lemme think… Probably? I can’t actually recall any specifics however. Not Mulder/Scully, I know that. The first time I saw them, it was New Year’s Eve and I spent the entire show huddled on the sofa in my friend’s basement with her and her cousins, shaking and screaming, lmao. The X-Files really isn’t great TV for easily scared children with big imaginations, lbr.

Talk about a ship you initially disliked. One that I like now that I disliked previously? Erm. None. I don’t flipflop on ships, lbr. It goes like this: I am oblivious/indifferent to ship, depending. I see ship. I ship ship. I love ship. And it’s only then that this can diverge. Either I stay in love forever, or I end up positively hating the show/pairing and I stop shipping it, or it just kinda dies out over time. Normally it’s the first or second, rarely the third.

Talk about a pairing you’ve stopped shipping romantically. And now just ship them only as friends? Or stopped shipping them and dislike them now and don’t want to have anything to do with them? The latter is clearly Sam/Martin. I just hated how the characters were written and the show was fucking awful after S3. The former… Ah, the former. I think this really has to be Naomi/Emily. I am 1457% Naomi/Michelle, no alternatives accepted. Naomily is toxic imo. Like so incredibly nope. I am -100000% Naomily. I stopped shipping them mid-S4, probably during Katie’s episode. I was just like, “Nope, this is pretty gross and not healthy and what the fuck?!” I gave up completely at the finale when it was so fucking stupid. I think by then I’d already had my Michelle/Naomi dream… Anyway. Like, I literally cannot handle Naomi/Emily anymore. At most, I can deal with them as friends. But even then, sometimes I wonder if writing them that way in my fics is pandering in some sense. It’s not intentional pandering to Naomily stans… but, now I look back and wonder? They’re just so awful together romantically. I shudder.

Talk about a moment which made you question an entire ship. Hmmm…. Carol/Helen in Griffith Park in 4x09 when she makes Carol give back her bra. That whole episode was really nasty and really awful and not funny at all. I really dislike the writing there. It was just… Helen was just disgusting really and it made me really uncomfortable about shipping it. I have other examples but it only asked for one.

Have you ever shipped something despite yourself? She-Ra and He-Man. I had no idea they were brother and sister when I was little but I thought they were cute together. Oops. It wasn’t until a few years back when I mentioned them at a party and everyone was like, “Errr, you do know they were twins, yeah?” NO. I DID NOT.

Talk about a ship you feel alone in shipping. Carol/Helen. I feel like the few people that shipped it with me on tumblr here were really turned off by their breakup. And also, it’s been on hiatus forever. Also, I suppose Claire Dearing/Zara Young from Jurassic World, lmao.

Is there a ship you just don’t get, but have nothing against? Most het ones? Like, just… why would you be with that puffy wonderbread boy when you could be with this other hot lady and have 10003x times more chemistry and interestingness? (Like I mean, I’m totally talking about Erin Lindsay and that gay dude she’s fucking, when it would be so much better if she was with Rollins, lmao. You go watch the crossovers episodes and tell me I’m imagining that.) Other het ships, I have definite things against the men.

Which of your ships have the best chemistry? OH GOD. Now, ermmmm…. this depends almost exclusively on my own headcanon/bias so obvs others aren’t likely to agree. Cos, well, Michelle/Naomi have hella chemistry LMAO. Like just look at this photo. Clearly. Okay, seriously… Bo/Lauren. Like hands down, undoubtedly.

Which of your ships deserve better writing? Every single one of them. Especially Dany/Doreah lmao.

Do you mostly ship canon pairings? Clearly not.

Have you ever shipped a pairing before you even started watching the show/movie simply because of gifs and graphics or similar? Skins. Lost Girl. Actually, hmm. I saw gifs of LG but I guess it wasn’t until I saw Zoie Palmer at a film premiere I went to that I was like, “WHO IS THAT?!” And then I realised I had to start watching that programme.

Have you noticed a pattern in your shipping? Is there a romantic dynamic you’re more drawn to? Blonde/Brunette. Like, it’s really obvious. But not 100%. Otherwise, I don’t really see any substantial patterns.

Is there a ship you’ve shipped for most of your life? Mulder/Scully.

Does shipping come easily to you? Neither here nor there. If it clicks, it clicks.

Do you need to ship something to really enjoy a movie/book/tv show/comic? Most of the time. But then sometimes shipping gets in the way of my enjoyment cos it becomes all about the pairing.

Name a couple of fandoms in which you have no ships. Fortitude? Honestly… I don’t even know. I watch a bunch of TV I have no particular interest in shipping anybody. Oh! Here’s one NASHVILLE. I honestly do not care who’s with whom. It’s irrelevant.

Talk about one of your favorite headcanons for a ship you love. Dany/Doreah – Doreah is alive. That’s it. That’s the headcanon. (And bonus, Dany takes Doreah to Lys and burns down the pleasure house Doreah was sold to as a child.) I have to add that most of my fav headcanons revolve around one half of my OTP still being alive. Which is both sad and really telling. (Like… Doreah, Margaery, Naomi, Meg, Marissa, Lillian… Ouch.)

Share five must-read fics. I’m trying really hard not to rec my own shit cos I just love my headcanons too much. Okay, here: They Will Crown You, They Will Take Your Legs by (Netgirl_y2k); tie your handlebars to the stars (and throw away the map) by (majesdane); my heart is gold and my hands are cold by (quinnking); If you’re gonna shoot me down, do it gently by (aphrodite_mine); I Can’t Get Out Of Love (a love i had a grip on; now it’s gripping me) by (doreah) hahahahahahahahaaaa i will do whatever i want when i want to force this pairing on everyone

Name your favorite fanartist(s). IDK??????????

Share your favorite fanmix for your OTP. Dany/Doreah: actually… oops. my fav fanmix for them is on my ipod and nowhere else lmao. it’s really good hahahah. anyway… um. so i’ll choose one that’s not mine: i’ll send a storm (most of mine are either doreah-specific or based on my fic which is a lot of headcanon and this one has excellent musical choices. that first track is killer.) Meg/Veronica: song of solomon (your poetry in motion) Chase/Cameron: i’m all second chances Michelle/Naomi: can’t get out of love Bo/Lauren:  it’s killing me, it’s killing you, a page from the book of my fantasy

Recommend 1-5 shipper blogs. Pass. I don’t even know any…

Do you create fanmixes/gif sets/fanart/fic/fanvids and so on for you ships? Used to. Obvs.

Do you have a favorite trope and/or AU for your OTP? Half of it not being dead.

Do you like and use ship names? I generally stay away from them unless I to find stuff/want people to find my stuff on tumblr. I find them cloying.

Is there a fictional relationship you’d really want for yourself? Hell no. Real life is difficult enough.

If you could change one thing about your OTP, what would that be? They would all be alive. Sensing a pattern? Also, being canon would be nice.

#i did this and i don't know why #naomi x michelle #dany x doreah #marissa x alex #meg x veronica #bo x lauren #carol x helen #mulder x scully #michelle x Naomi